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Surface Defect Detection on Machined Metal Medical Parts
Use RF-DETR and Gemini 2.5 Pro to detect surface defects on machined medical components and generate automated inspection observations.
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IV Bag Fill-Level and Leak Detection
Build an automated IV bag fill-level and leak detection system using RF-DETR and Gemini 2.5 Pro.
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Automated Tire Sidewall OCR
Automate tire sidewall OCR to extract DOT codes, sizes, and brands. Learn to combine RF-DETR and multimodal LLMs into a Roboflow Vision Agent.
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How to Add an LLM to a Vision Pipeline (And When to Avoid It)
Discover when to add an LLM to your computer vision pipeline. Learn how to combine object detection and visual reasoning in Roboflow Workflows.
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OCR Lot Code and Expiry Date Verification for Medical Packaging
Train a Roboflow localization model, isolate printed label fields, and verify batch numbers and expiry dates with Google Gemini.
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Give My Agent Eyes
Combine RF-DETR and LMMs to build an AI pipeline that perceives, reasons, and acts.
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Turn Vision AI Detections Into Alerts: PLC, MES, Slack
Learn how to detect defects with Roboflow and trigger real-time downstream alerts in manufacturing facilities.
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Train a Computer Vision Model with Roboflow Train
Discover how Roboflow Train automates computer vision model training. Eliminate infrastructure setup, leverage NAS, and deploy to production.
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RF-DETR: A SOTA Real-Time Object Detection Model By Roboflow
We have released RF-DETR, a state-of-the-art real-time object detection model. Learn more about how RF-DETR works and how to use the model.
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The Best Free Computer Vision Models
The best free computer vision models, compared by task, speed, and license.
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Diabetes Device Inspection
Learn how to automate visual quality checks across glucometers, insulin pens, CGMs, and more using Roboflow Workflows and Gemini.
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PPE Detection with AI: Real-Time Worker Safety Monitoring
Learn how to automate workplace safety monitoring. Build a real-time PPE detection pipeline using RF-DETR and Roboflow Workflows to track helmets and vests.
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Pothole Detection with RF-DETR
Discover how to build a pothole detection pipeline. Use RF-DETR and ByteTrack in Roboflow Workflows to automate road hazard tracking and repair prioritization.
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Tracking Baseball Games with AI: Dynamic Field Analytics
Build a high-speed computer vision pipeline using RF-DETR and OC-SORT to extract player and ball telemetry data.
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Automate Food Service with AI
Two tutorials for automating food quality with computer vision: end-line plating QA with Gemini 3, and a packaging line monitor with RF-DETR and ByteTrack.
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High-Speed Analytics: Tracking Table Tennis Movements with AI
Build a high-speed computer vision pipeline using RF-DETR and OC-SORT to generate sports analytics.
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Pickleball Player Performance Analytics with Roboflow
Analyze pickleball player positioning and tactics automatically using RF-DETR, Roboflow Workflows, and Claude.
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Hockey Player Tracking with Roboflow
Learn how to build a hockey tracking pipeline. Use RF-DETR and ByteTrack in Roboflow Workflows to track players and visualize movement trails.
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Automated Volleyball Tracking with RF-DETR and ByteTracker
Learn how to build a real-time volleyball tracking pipeline. Combine RF-DETR and ByteTrack in Roboflow Workflows for automated sports analytics.
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Tennis Player Performance Analytics with Roboflow
Build an automated tennis player positioning analysis system using RF-DETR, Roboflow Train, and Workflows.
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Vision Token Counts: What does it cost to process an image with a frontier vision model?
Understand the cost, per-provider tokenization rules, and a comparison across image sizes for Claude, GPT, and Gemini.
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Best Object Detection Models
Object detection has entered a new era in 2025. Next-generation models are combining transformer efficiency and real-time speed to power breakthroughs in automation, robotics, and visual intelligence across every industry. See the best models.
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AI Swimmer Tracking
Learn how to build an automated aquatic monitoring pipeline using RF-DETR and ByteTrack in Roboflow.
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Latency vs Accuracy Tradeoff in Object Detection, Solved
Solve the latency vs accuracy tradeoff in object detection. Watch NAS search thousands of models and map the curve.
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